Traveling Through Ancient Times To Be a Shopkeeper - Chapter 78

Chamber of Commerce banquet, you can bring family members.

After much consideration, Wei Cheng decided to take his wife there.

Xiao Liu was born as a maidservant of a rich family, and with her by his wife’s side, Wei Cheng didn’t have to worry about his daughter-in-law being bullied at the banquet. What’s more, his daughter-in-law usually assists in the management of the workshop. With his daughter-in-law’s current knowledge, it is absolutely no problem to deal with those housewives’ behaviors.

Wei Cheng and Zhou Yuan were wearing the same style of clothing, dark pattern brocade was low-key and luxurious, and the material of the clothes was still imperial city brocade.

The chamber of commerce is very large, and the banquets of the chamber of commerce are all held in the chamber of commerce.

After they arrive, they will be received by servants of the chamber of commerce,

Wei Cheng repeatedly urged: “Daughter-in-law, don’t be afraid of offending others, and don’t be polite when you meet someone who doesn’t have good eyesight. If you have anything to do, let Xiaoliu come to me.”

Wei Cheng asked the two maidservants to follow behind his daughter-in-law, just as a precaution.

Zhou Yuan was dressed in light brocade, with a gentle and light demeanor. He smiled helplessly: “Since yesterday, you have been nagging me that Xiao Liu has told me the rules of banquet etiquette. I will handle it.”

Although he has never participated in the banquets of famous families, he has dealt with a lot of things. Besides going to the grocery store to talk about cooperating with the cashier, he has read a lot of stories about the back house and he understands it. Can handle it.

Wei Cheng followed Wei Hu, and the two went to the front yard, while Zhou Yuan followed Xiaoliu and Qiaoxi to the back yard.

Every time the chamber of commerce hosts a banquet, in addition to the famous figures invited by the chamber of commerce, merchants who are not invited will try their best to get an invitation letter.

For the banquet of the chamber of commerce, not only the famous figures in Nanshan County, but also many famous nobles and scholars will be invited. This is also because the status of the merchants has improved.

Scholars came to the banquet because they wanted to show off at the banquet and have a chance to show off their reputation. If they took this opportunity to be appreciated by high-ranking and wealthy families, they might get a good marriage.

In short, when gathering at a banquet, everyone comes for the purpose of making a profit.

The county magistrate of Nanshan County was also invited. Originally, there was an official and businessman, and he was supposed to be present, but he was busy with government affairs, and government affairs were still related to his achievements, so he could not attend.

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In the backyard, many businessmen and wives gathered together to discuss.

“This official businessman has no background. He is a man from the countryside. His background is not from farming and studying. What kind of luck did this person have to become an official businessman!”

“You don’t understand that. Baizhenlou and Baiweizhai are both the property of this official businessman. If you don’t have a foundation, how can you gain a firm foothold in the inner city? There must be a backer behind it.”

“That’s right, a countryman can be an official and businessman, so he must have extraordinary skills to be appreciated by the big shots.”

“What kind of extraordinary ability is it? It is worthy of your praise to be an official and businessman. Isn’t it just a countryman.” A business woman looked down upon her with a jealous face.

“Hey, you look down on people so much. If you have the ability, your family is an official businessman. I think the pearl gold hairpin on your head is a new model of Baizhenlou. If you dislike it so much, don’t go to Baizhenlou to buy any products.”

“It’s Baizhenlou. I have plenty of money. I buy what I like. It has nothing to do with you. I don’t think you can afford it.”

“What can’t afford it? If you didn’t rush to buy it before me, I was late and couldn’t buy it. How could it be your turn to buy it. I think you have been slandering others, obviously because of jealousy.”

“I’m jealous, and you’re jealous. Your family has recently acquired a few concubines, which cost a lot, and you still have money to afford them.”

“you…….”

“Okay.” Another business woman hurriedly smoothed things over, “Don’t quarrel, both ladies. If you continue to quarrel, it’s just for nothing to make people laugh. Don’t be rude. Sitting in the pavilion not far away is Mrs. Min Lin. Ladies and gentlemen, it would be a great embarrassment if they noticed that we were noisy at the banquet and drove us away.”

The two quarreling business women noticed that their struggles attracted many female relatives to watch and discuss, so they didn’t dare to say any more.

As for Mrs. Min’s group of noble ladies, they noticed that the two business women were noisy, and they felt that it was unnecessary to give these business women who couldn’t make it to the stage.

They were talking about Wei Cheng’s affairs. Wei Cheng married his elder brother to be his husband, and he was still a rural elder brother. After thinking about it for a few times, he felt that Wei Cheng, a husband from the countryside, was not worthy of the stage.

Mrs. Cui smiled and said: “A brother from the country, that man named Wei Cheng is so capable, sooner or later he will marry a rich lady from a high family and come in to be the head of the house.”

Mrs. Cao said: “Today’s banquet, I don’t know if Boss Wei will bring his husband to attend?”

“If you bring a country husband to such an important banquet, then Weicheng will lose face as an official businessman, and he will definitely not let his husband attend.” Mrs. Cui said firmly.

Madam Cao covered her mouth and smiled: “Madam Cui and I guessed something.”

Mrs. Lin didn’t think so, and said softly: “You can’t talk too much, I heard that Wei Cheng dotes on his husband very much, and his husband is involved in the property under his name.”

Mrs. Min shook the fan in her hand, and said: “What’s there to discuss about this matter, no matter how good a man’s fame, fortune, status, and relationship are, who doesn’t have three wives and four concubines. Whether people come or not, we will know later.”

This made sense, and the ladies changed the subject.

After a while, the maidservant came to report, and the ladies looked at the person who came. He was dressed in a low-key luxurious brocade, with gentle and handsome eyes, and a dignified manner without losing the upbringing of the family.

The maid brought Zhou Yuan over to see the wife of the president of the chamber of commerce.

Zhou Yuan was taught by Xiao Liu at home, and he greeted the wives of several aristocratic families politely.

The wives of several aristocratic families are all elders, and he greeted them first out of respect for the elders, otherwise, as an official and businessman, he would actually be able to find fault in nodding and greeting others.

The wives of several aristocratic families were surprised at Zhou Yuan’s bearing, he didn’t look like a country boy at all. They are all human beings, and they greet people warmly with gentle smiles on their faces, but they slander them in their hearts.

The wives of several aristocratic families reserved people to sit for a while, and then arranged for maids to lead people to visit.

“There will be an opera banquet later, Wei Fulang, you have never been to the chamber of commerce, take a good look at it, we will see you later.”

“Several ladies, excuse me first.”

Zhou Yuan visited the backyard for a while under the guidance of the maid. He didn’t know the lady who came to the banquet, so he found a pavilion to sit.

Without other people around, the three master and servant were happy and at ease, enjoying the scenery of the backyard while drinking tea and eating snacks.

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Min Yueting is Miss Min’s family. As President Min’s daughter, she will attend.

Min Yueting invited her friend Wen Lanzhi, and the post was delivered to Wei’s house, and the Wei family also came. The problem is that Mrs. Wei came with the mother and daughter of the Wang family, which made Min Yueting’s teeth itch.

“Okay, I won’t be angry, so don’t be angry.” Wen Lanzhi gently persuaded.

“Your mother-in-law is stepping on your face, and even more on the Wen family’s face.” Min Yueting said angrily.

“I’ve seen it all.” I can’t change it, so why make things difficult for myself, her mother-in-law’s behavior caused her to be hired by Wang’s family, and the only person who could change it used the imperial examination as an excuse to escape.

Min Yueting raised her voice: “You want to compromise?!”

“No.” Wen Lanzhi shook her head, “The moment Miss Wang enters the door, I will choose to make peace.” Wen Lanzhi said this with a gloomy expression, “My parents asked me to talk to my husband, if he really chooses to take responsibility Me, I would rather choose to be divorced than to work with others.”

When she married into the Wei family at a low age, she chose to marry into the Wei family because of the low family background of the Wei family, or the family of farming and studying, because the Wei family style did not exist in concubines, and Wei Jihui moved her sincerely.

She would talk to her husband, but she had to wait for him to finish the imperial examination. She didn’t want to affect his performance.

Wen Lanzhi has a skilled and generous temperament, but in some respects, she would rather be broken.

Min Yueting felt sorry for her about her friend’s affairs. Her friend would only marry Wei Jihui if she had Wei Jihui in her heart. It didn’t help if she troubled Wei Jihui. If a person changes his mind, there will be a next time.

Her family also persuaded her to marry into the Lin family. She didn’t like Lin Beiyu who was idle all day long.

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When entering the seats, Zhou Yuan saw Mrs. Wei and Wen Lanzhi, and when he saw them, he would go over to say hello to Yu Li, no matter whether his aunt and sister-in-law recognized him or not.

Zhou Yuan walked up to the two of them: “Auntie, hello, sister-in-law in the lobby.”

Mrs. Wei and Wen Lanzhi saw the jade-like elder brother greeting them, and were confused by his address for a moment. They had no impression of the elder brother in front of them.

Min Yueting asked her friend, “Know you?”

Wen Lanzhi thought for a while before remembering that her husband’s cousin from the countryside married his elder brother. It can be seen that the other party’s temperament and low-key luxury don’t look like it, so he hesitated: “Are you, Wei Cheng’s cousin’s husband?”

Zhou Yuan replied with a gentle smile: “Yes, sister-in-law.”

Mrs. Wei next to her, seeing Zhou Yuan’s fine attire, thought that the brother in front of her had a good family background, so she must have misidentified him. She wanted to take this opportunity to get acquainted, and when she heard that she was the husband of the country son of the second brother’s family, She made no secret of her disgust.

He even thought that the other party was wearing this outfit, slapping his face to pretend to be fat, and he didn’t know how to sneak in.

Mrs. Wei is ignorant, so she can’t see the value of Zhou Yuan’s body. The brocade in the imperial city costs a hundred taels, not to mention the high-quality sapphire worn on his waist, or Wei Cheng asked Yin Chengfeng to buy it from the imperial city. The upper precious pink pearl bangle is worth a fortune.

Mrs. Wei dismissed it as substance, and was unwilling to answer, and turned to chat with Wang’s mother and daughter.

Wen Lanzhi was very displeased with her mother-in-law’s behavior. She didn’t have much contact with her second uncle. After all, they were all relatives of her own family, so she had to take care of her own family.

Wen Lanzhi had a good first impression of Wei cousin’s husband, but she was very displeased with the flattering eldest daughter-in-law of the second uncle’s family.

Wen Lanzhi didn’t know how Wei Cheng’s cousin husband-in-law came in. He would be seated, so he took Zhou Yuan to sit with him. The seats were all arranged. With Min Yueting here, it would be no problem to add one more seat.

In fact, Zhou Yuan was in the first row, and he followed Wen Lanzhi to the third row. He just smiled and accepted Wen Lanzhi’s kind invitation without any explanation.

Mrs. Min knew what had happened, so she let Zhou Yuan sit there, she was surprised that Wei Cheng and the Wei family were related, she knew that Wei Cheng was one-sided.

Mrs. Wei sat with the mother and daughter of the Wang family.

The opera appreciation starts here, and all parties are entertaining in the front yard.

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Wei Cheng had just arrived, and his clothes were no longer low-key like the first time he came to the Chamber of Commerce, but high-key. He was dressed in black brocade with dark patterns, tall, handsome, and imposing.

As far as he means, to oppress people in terms of momentum.

Facing a group of powerful people in Nanshan County, Wei Cheng was not stage frightened, and behaved like a family, not like a countryman.

The merchants of the chamber of commerce saw Wei Cheng and those who hadn’t seen Wei Cheng in the chamber of commerce last time. Everyone’s thoughts turned several times. They all had to face up to this imposing man in front of them. , Becoming an official businessman is undoubtedly based on his personal ability.

After exchanging pleasantries, they just socialized, talked about the situation, complimented each other, and changed the topic. Some topics were brought up on Wei Cheng intentionally or unintentionally. As a hint, he calmly smiled and didn’t answer.

Wei Cheng is not someone to be led by the nose, he has always been in the lead when negotiating in shopping malls, because the sovereignty is in his hands. Whatever the Chamber of Commerce’s idea is, as far as the source of goods in his hand is concerned, the sovereignty is in his hands.

They were talking, and Wei Cheng was thinking about whether his wife would take good care of him.

President Min and the others see that the person concerned does not answer, so how do they plan to continue the conversation? After a few eye contact, President Min pointed out euphemistically: “Well, brother Wei, you have become an official businessman and registered with the chamber of commerce. As a member, you should understand the rules of the chamber of commerce, you are an official businessman, and you have relative privileges in the chamber of commerce, and you can get official business resources from the chamber of commerce.”

After the chamber of commerce has been managed by a non-governmental organization and developed into a commercial economy by the imperial court, half of the management power of the chamber of commerce belongs to the imperial court. All chambers of commerce are led by officials and merchants. Only officials and merchants can sell goods controlled by the imperial court. Officials and merchants get the resources of goods controlled by the imperial court from the chamber of commerce. .

Such as official salt, official tea, porcelain, silk, overseas trade goods……

Wei Cheng said modestly: “President Min, you are the president of the chamber of commerce, and Wei is a new official businessman. Many officials and businessmen don’t understand the rules, so I ask President Min to give you some advice.”

Chairman Min was satisfied with Wei Cheng’s attitude, and said with a smile: “It should be, you and I are officials and businessmen of the same level, you don’t have to be polite, and you will come to the chamber of commerce to receive your privileges when you are free.”

Wei Cheng has no idea about this privilege for the time being. The resources he has on hand are more profitable than selling official products. What’s more, he is interested in overseas privileges. The Chamber of Commerce in Nanshan County has no overseas resources. obtain.

Wei Cheng said with a smile: “President Min, this matter is not urgent. I am busy with workshops and north-south trips, so I have no time for other things right now.”

President Min laughed, and said: “Speaking of Brother Wei’s new large workshop and Nanbeihang, the merchants in the chamber of commerce are interested in cooperating with me, and they are all from the same chamber of commerce. Provide it to the merchants of your own chamber of commerce, I wonder what brother Wei would like?”

“President Min’s proposal is good, and the fat will not flow into the field of outsiders.”

The others followed closely and agreed with Chairman Min’s proposal.

Wei Cheng just smiled and said nothing.

There was a hint of embarrassment in the smile on President Min’s face. This Wei Cheng was really calm and cautious in doing things. President Min gave the following people a look and asked them to speak up. It was Cui’s head who answered first: “Brother Wei, everyone is a chamber of commerce. The businessmen should advance and retreat together. I heard that Nanbeihang is a firm that specializes in wholesale supply of goods. To be honest, Brother Wei, we are all interested in cooperating with you, Brother Wei, to wholesale goods from Nanbeihang. For mutual benefit, I think Brother Wei will definitely agree. .”

Wei Chengdao: “Patriarch Cui, you praise Wei, and you give Wei face to go to the North and South to buy goods. I don’t agree with the reason. Of course, if you cooperate with Wei, you will think highly of me.”

Patriarch Cui said with a smile: “Brother Wei is really refreshing.”

Chairman Min and the merchants present were all satisfied with Wei Cheng’s sense of humor, and there were smiles on the corners of their mouths, thinking about how to get a share of the pie.

Cui Patriarch continued: “Since Brother Wei agrees, we can eat as many high-grade goods as there are in the North-South Travel. I wonder how many goods Brother Wei can provide to the chamber of commerce?”

The corners of Wei Cheng’s lips twitched slightly: “The north-south rules, as long as it is within the scope of the workshop’s shipment capacity, the Cui family can have as many sources as they want.”

Follow the north-south rule?

Everyone was stunned. If they wanted high-end goods, they had to provide the goods they had.

That’s not their original intention. They don’t want to provide the source of goods in hand, so that they can wholesale high-level sources of goods from the north and the south.

Patriarch Cui: “Brother Wei, what do you mean, if you want the source of goods, you can only provide the source of goods according to the north-south rules?”

Wei Chengdao: “If you want to cooperate, you have to follow the rules. I think you all come to discuss cooperation with Wei with sincerity. Wei pays attention to integrity in everything he does. The north-south rule is integrity.” Meaning, the south-north rule will not be due to Anyone who changes, oh, external only.

The faces of the people present immediately turned ugly.

Wei Cheng continued: “I cooperate with the owner of Taifulou Yunshao, and I provide him with high-grade goods from the North-South Line. The owner of Yunshao provides me with the supply of the sauce factory, including the supply of sugar in his hand. I think everyone here knows about the South-North Line. There is a source of white sugar to provide, these are the cooperations I have reached with Master Yun, if I make an exception, I will offend Master Yun.”

Speaking of which, Chairman Min can’t force Wei Cheng to provide them with goods, Yun Shao’s family is not included, they certainly can’t offend Yun Shao’s family.

Everyone in the Chamber of Commerce knew about the cooperation between Yun Shao’s family and Wei Cheng.

This method does not work, and they are greedy for high-quality goods from north to south.

Some people secretly think about negotiating afterwards, the source of goods can be made by anyone, and they can choose some unnecessary partners to withdraw the cooperation and turn to the high-end source of goods obtained by cooperation with Nanbeihang.

Wei Cheng doesn’t care about their thoughts, as long as they conform to the north-south rules, he will not refuse.

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